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Europeans continue to await OK for single-engine operations
Proponents awaiting European approval for commercial single-engine operations at night or under instrumental meteorological conditions (SE-IMC) should not

Proponents awaiting European approval for commercial single-engine operations at night or under instrumental meteorological conditions (SE-IMC) should not hold their collective breath. It could be another three years before formal clearance for such
operations–roughly equivalent to U.S. commercial single-engine instrument flight rules–are approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

The issue has proved to be a safety hot potato and was handed over last year by the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA), which over several years of discussion and argument had failed to agree on approval before suspending SE-IMC activity with the prospect of responsibility being transferred to EASA.

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